Tyler King
@tyleraking.com
General malcontent. Ghostwriter.
Author: THE DEBT, RIOT STREET (Hachette)
Agent: Kimberly Brower @ Park, Fine & Brower
tyleraking.com
She/her 🇨🇴
Author: THE DEBT, RIOT STREET (Hachette)
Agent: Kimberly Brower @ Park, Fine & Brower
tyleraking.com
She/her 🇨🇴
Two brothers convicted in 2015 for hacking the State Department as government contractors were inexplicably employed again as contractors and again are charged with hacking and destroying databases. You’d think we’d have better vetting but alas no.
In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool
Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?
arstechnica.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Two brothers convicted in 2015 for hacking the State Department as government contractors were inexplicably employed again as contractors and again are charged with hacking and destroying databases. You’d think we’d have better vetting but alas no.
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The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
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Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
RFK Jr.’s CDC panel: No more hepatitis B vaccine for some newborns
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel, stocked with anti-vaccine activists and loyalists to RFK Jr., voted Friday to stop recommending a birth dose of vaccine.
www.ms.now
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Kennedy's zombie ACIP panel just voted to restrict hepatitis B vaccine for newborns. Experts say it will harm children for no reason. www.ms.now/news/rfk-cdc...
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
ACIP member Dr. Cody Meissner:
"'Do no harm' is a moral imperative. We are doing harm by changing this wording. And I vote no."
Apple Weather and autocorrect are like if you set out to make the worst possible version of a thing and succeeded far beyond your wildest imagination.
December 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Apple Weather and autocorrect are like if you set out to make the worst possible version of a thing and succeeded far beyond your wildest imagination.
And she’s right to do so. Fight me.
Waldo you must meet my wife. We have 6 different types of laundry sorted and that's still not enough sorting space.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
And she’s right to do so. Fight me.
They’ve turned the federal government into the Uber for taxpayer-funded entourage.
The FBI director reportedly called the leader of his girlfriend’s detail and shouted at him to follow through on her requests after agents pushed back.
Keystone Kash Ordered SWAT to Give Lifts to His Girlfriend’s Drunk Friend
The embattled FBI director even yelled at the leader of his lover’s security detail after agents protested.
trib.al
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
They’ve turned the federal government into the Uber for taxpayer-funded entourage.
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Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
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According to French media reports the 🇫🇷 navy last night shot down five drones flying over the Ile Longue, in Brittany, home to France’s SNLE nuclear-armed submarines, the naval component of France’s nuclear deterrent
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
According to French media reports the 🇫🇷 navy last night shot down five drones flying over the Ile Longue, in Brittany, home to France’s SNLE nuclear-armed submarines, the naval component of France’s nuclear deterrent
While we’re massing our fleets to terrorize random boats and stare down Venezuela, the state of our Navy is let’s say less than optimal.
Navy investigations released Thursday found that insufficient communication, low levels of knowledge for certain operations and a lack of integrated training were factors involved in four accidents during the USS Harry S. Truman's recent deployment.
Mishaps could have been prevented, ‘catastrophic’: Navy releases findings of 4 incidents involving USS Harry S. Truman
The investigations focused on lost aircraft, a collision with a merchant vessel and a case of friendly fire involving the carrier and strike group.
www.stripes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
While we’re massing our fleets to terrorize random boats and stare down Venezuela, the state of our Navy is let’s say less than optimal.
Plantations. They want to build industrial plantations.
“The details Son presented were ambitious to the point of science fiction.”
December 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Plantations. They want to build industrial plantations.
One of you I follow on here has a pfp very similar to my old boss and it gives me anxiety every time I see it.
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
One of you I follow on here has a pfp very similar to my old boss and it gives me anxiety every time I see it.
Again the moral of the story is the internet is not good for young men. Or old men. Or men. And that deep pop culture consumption without a basic background in theory is detrimental to their fragile psyches.
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Again the moral of the story is the internet is not good for young men. Or old men. Or men. And that deep pop culture consumption without a basic background in theory is detrimental to their fragile psyches.
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Amazon is trying to kill the post office, and make no mistake: it will do the same in Canada.
Its subcontracted delivery model must be regulated out of existence if we care about not just the postal service, but ensuring delivery workers have good, union jobs they can depend on.
Its subcontracted delivery model must be regulated out of existence if we care about not just the postal service, but ensuring delivery workers have good, union jobs they can depend on.
Amazon eyes expanding delivery network after talks with USPS stall
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its long-standing partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Amazon is trying to kill the post office, and make no mistake: it will do the same in Canada.
Its subcontracted delivery model must be regulated out of existence if we care about not just the postal service, but ensuring delivery workers have good, union jobs they can depend on.
Its subcontracted delivery model must be regulated out of existence if we care about not just the postal service, but ensuring delivery workers have good, union jobs they can depend on.
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NEW: DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole allegedly kept buying bomb parts after planting two pipe bombs in DC ahead of January 6. @dell.bsky.social and @davidgilbert.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/fbi-sa...
FBI Says DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Brian Cole Kept Buying Bomb Parts After Jan. 6
The 30-year-old Virginia resident evaded capture for years after authorities discovered pipe bombs planted near buildings in Washington, DC, the day before the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
NEW: DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole allegedly kept buying bomb parts after planting two pipe bombs in DC ahead of January 6. @dell.bsky.social and @davidgilbert.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/fbi-sa...
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Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
"Here's what the reenactment would've looked like, had it happened at all."
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Here's what the reenactment would've looked like, had it happened at all."
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
This was literally a Bob's Burgers episode about the Mad Pooper. Which is fitting, given her preoccupation with restrooms.
A Cornell experiment found that chatbots were most successful at changing a participant's mind about a political candidate compared to increasing existing support for a preferred candidate.
Chatbots Show Promise in Swaying Voters, Researchers Find
How far are we from a chatbot president?
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A Cornell experiment found that chatbots were most successful at changing a participant's mind about a political candidate compared to increasing existing support for a preferred candidate.
Cheese recall for metal fragments:
Enforcement Report
www.accessdata.fda.gov
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Cheese recall for metal fragments:
"Phreeli instead wants to offer actual anonymity. It can’t help government agencies or data brokers obtain users’ identifying information because it has almost none to share."
A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Phreeli instead wants to offer actual anonymity. It can’t help government agencies or data brokers obtain users’ identifying information because it has almost none to share."
He pardoned an actual narco boss so his billionaire buddies can build their white power VC Neverland.
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
He pardoned an actual narco boss so his billionaire buddies can build their white power VC Neverland.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
I’m surprised they even let this out. Makes me wonder if Hegseth is bleeding allies in the admin.
DOD IG report on Signalgate, which notes that investigators had to rely in part on the transcript that we posted, because messages on Hegseth's cell phone had auto-deleted. media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/04/...
media.defense.gov
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I’m surprised they even let this out. Makes me wonder if Hegseth is bleeding allies in the admin.
You know what? I get it. After this last year, we all kinda feel like giving up.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
You know what? I get it. After this last year, we all kinda feel like giving up.
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They need to release this video to the public
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They need to release this video to the public
He announced he would resign less than a year into a multiyear assignment. It was always evident he was given little choice and Hegseth was embarrassed to publicize why.
December 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
He announced he would resign less than a year into a multiyear assignment. It was always evident he was given little choice and Hegseth was embarrassed to publicize why.